Jiang Shanhe also sat up, "Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"Hey, tell me first whether you know me or not."

Xiaoguo pushed him half-coquettishly.

Jiang Shanhe raised the corners of his mouth, stretched out his long arms to hold her, and wanted to tease her.

But she shyly pushed him away, pinched his soft spot in anger, and said, "Hurry up and tell me!"

Jiang Shanhe didn't dare to provoke her, so he said quickly, "Zhao, the prefect of Yangzhou, you should be talking about the previous prefect of Yangzhou. The current prefect's surname is Zhang."

"The previous one?"

Xiaoguo was a little confused. How could it be the former one? Could it be that he also retired or died?

"It was copied a long time ago. It must have been more than ten years ago."

Xiaoguo thought, wasn't it the time when Zhao Yuyan's husband's family was raided more than a decade ago? Could it be that they were raided together? What crime did Zhao Yuyan's husband commit that would lead to such a severe raid?

Seeing that Xiaoguo was so curious, Jiang Shanhe told her everything he knew.

"Zhao, the governor of Yangzhou, was a well-known philanthropist at the time. He was honest and kind, and he loved charity. He had an only daughter, who married the only son of Sun, the governor of Liuzhou. They lived in harmony for the first ten years, but then the son of the Sun family got into bad habits for some reason, and indulged in drinking, whoring and gambling. Later, he was taken advantage of, and his entire family and Zhao, the governor of Yangzhou, were implicated. The men were killed or deposed, and the young and beautiful women were sold, and the older ones were detained or exiled."

Jiang Shanhe still sighed when he talked about it now. Although he had never met Prefect Zhao in person, he heard that there was not a single corrupt official under his jurisdiction, and the people were well fed and well-drinking, and everyone was happy.

Moreover, on the day when Prefect Zhao and his family members were beheaded, the people within the jurisdiction spontaneously knelt down to see them off, all the way to the beheading platform at Caishikou.

The emperor at that time ordered that prefect Zhao and his men should not be buried intact. However, the common people still found their bodies in the blood and buried them intact in front of the officials who turned a blind eye.

Xiaoguo listened quietly and also sighed. It was so unfair that an honest official ended up like this because of his son-in-law's involvement.

"What is the crime?"

Jiang Shanhe whispered, "Seeking power and usurping the throne."

Xiao Guo took a deep breath and said, "So bold?"

"He was deceived by others. He was an honest man, and was deceived by the emperor's brother at that time. He didn't understand it at first, and when he figured it out, he was beheaded."

Jiang Shanhe's eyes moved slightly. What he didn't say was that it was thanks to the previous emperor who indiscriminately executed an honest official, which angered many veteran ministers in the court. They finally saw the fact that their loyal emperor was still a foreigner at heart and would chop or kill anyone they wanted from the Shao people. This fact chilled the hearts of the country's ministers, so Shao Zhan took advantage of the situation.

Xiaoguo couldn't help but be shocked, so this is how it is, it's so tragic, one mistake has implicated two families.

"Why did you suddenly think of asking Prefect Zhao?"

Jiang Shanhe saw that Xiaoguo stopped asking questions, so he asked instead.

"..." Xiao Guo had been undecided to begin with. She had just wanted to find out whether what Zhao Yuyan said was true or not, but she had not expected the real situation to be so pitiful. In this case, Zhao Yuyan must have had no choice but to entrust her only relative to an outsider like her. If there were still people alive in the family, she probably would not have thought of this method.

Xiao Guo, who was undecided, told Jiang Shanhe all the causes and consequences. She still had a dependent mentality towards Jiang Shanhe, and as long as he was around, she would subconsciously rely on him.

After hearing this, Jiang Shanhe's long silence told Xiaoguo the answer: this matter was not easy to handle.

Xiao Guo lay back on the bed in frustration. Seeing her like this, Jiang Shanhe felt helpless. He patted her arm gently and said, "Go to bed early."

The next day, Jiang Shanhe left after breakfast, and Zhuangzhuang and Xiaoyi insisted that Xiaoguo take them to the pavilion to study, but Xiaoguo rarely refused.

"Why~"

"Be good, I'm busy right now, go find Uncle Shouji and let him take you there."

"Uncle Shouji and Dad are out. They're not here."

"Then you guys just stay in the house."

“Ah~~”

Xiaoguo was not moved by the disappointed looks of Zhuangzhuang and Xiaoyi. There was nothing she could do but shrug her shoulders to express her helplessness, and then went out with a pot of fruit tea.

After coming out, Xiao Guo randomly found a familiar guard and asked him to help find Zhao Yuyan. After finding her, he would take her directly to her residence and wait for her.

Afterwards, Xiaoguo came to the residence of Prime Minister Yang's wife with fruit tea. This was the first time she took the initiative to visit.

Mrs. Yang was even more surprised, and was obviously curious about Xiaoguo's purpose.

Without any pretense, Xiaoguo exchanged a few pleasantries and then told the purpose of his visit.

After hearing this, Mrs. Yang looked concerned and asked, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"No, no." Xiao Guo explained quickly, and then he changed his mind and continued, "I'm not seriously ill, I just want a doctor to check my pulse. I know that you have a wide network of friends, so I want to ask you to help me and borrow a doctor from other ladies."

"It's just a small matter, no problem!" The Prime Minister's wife was very generous. After hearing what she said, she was about to get up. Then she thought of something and turned back to whisper, "Do you want to check the pulse of pregnancy?"

Xiaoguo blushed, not understanding why it happened so suddenly, "No..."

The Prime Minister's wife looked at her and said, "I understand." Then she pulled her and walked out, laughing.

The general and his wife are so loving, it's not surprising that they are pregnant now.

Xiao Guo followed her in a daze to a lady's residence, who generously lent her the house. Xiao Guo subconsciously thought that she was pregnant and congratulated her in advance for a long time.

Xiaoguo thanked them repeatedly, but he had no way to explain. Mainly because even if he explained, they still wouldn't believe him and acted like they understood everything. Xiaoguo couldn't explain it clearly, so he simply gave up and just let it be.

Afterwards, they taught her parenting experience for about an hour, and Xiaoguo was able to take the doctor back to her residence.

Along the way, Xiaoguo tapped him a few times without saying much, but she also made him understand that he was not diagnosing his own pulse, but for others.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Zhao Yuyan waiting anxiously in the house. There was a guard standing by. The guard left after seeing Xiaoguo come back.

As soon as Zhao Yuyan saw Xiaoguo, her eyes couldn't help but show a light of expectation. Xiaoguo felt it was very dazzling, so she subconsciously avoided him and said to the doctor behind her, "Please help me check her body."

The doctor is a smart man. Apart from treating patients, everything else has nothing to do with him.

Coming to the table, the doctor skillfully took out a pulse ophthalmometer from the medicine box, and Xiaoguo quickly motioned Zhao Yuyan, who was standing still, to sit down.

Zhao Yuyan sat down in confusion and put her hand on the pulse.

The doctor felt the patient's pulse and his expression was normal at first, but then he became more and more serious. After a long while, he shook his head and took his finger away. He bowed to Xiao Guo who was anxious beside him and said, "Madam, this patient is already terminally ill and there is no medicine to cure him. There is no need to treat him."

Zhao Yuyan withdrew her arm with a calm expression, as if she had become indifferent to life and death.

Xiao Guo was a little anxious and asked, "Is there really no other way?"

The doctor shook his head and said, "It's too late to save him. This disease originated from his heart. He was overworked and depressed. It's not easy for him to hold on until now. Now his time is running out. If he takes good care of himself, he can live longer. If he keeps worrying, I'm afraid..."

The doctor shook his head, sighed, and then bowed and left.